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Show Thursday, February 11, 1993 The Daily Herald Leavitt praises North Sanpete education program iSEOiG Local schools win at drill team show - F.PHRAIM More than 1,500 spectators filled the Snow College activity center Jan. 30, to see some of the best drill teams in Utah compete in the first annual Badger Blue Invitational. The judges confirmed what the crowd had already made clear, that the North Sanpete Spiritcers were the class of the show. The Spiriteers captured first place in every category in which they competed. They won the military, prop and novelty categories and took home the sweepstakes liophy for the outstanding team in divithe small schools ) sion. Spiriteer Cami Church also captured third place in the individual drill team competition. There were 17 high schools involved in the competition which lasted about six hours. Bear River traveled the farthest for the individual meet, and they had a large following of fans to cheer for them. The captured a first place in the large school division of the military category, second place in prop and fourth place in dance. The sweepstakes winner for large schools was Clearfield. The l alcettes won the prop category and finished second in military, dance and novelty. The other local schools which J id well included North Sevier and Juab. North Sevier finished fourth in both prop and novelty. Juab earned a second place in both military and prop as well as a third Oace in dance. (1A-2A- Special to the Herald Gov. Mike Leavitt SALINA became a student again recently when he visited North Sevier High School in Salina to learn about the overhaul of education that has taken place there, and hailed it as ""good enough to spread throughout the state and the nat ion " His visit came less than a week after he announced a S2.6 million Centennial Schools initiative in his State of the State Address to the . Utah Legislature. student about their expe- responses According to the plan, 120 rience with new school plan. schools with roots grass After he was presented with a North Sevier watch, the governor met with student leaders in the media center, where he was told that nearly everyone was skeptical about the new plan at first, but now bly. Saluting the principal and there's a new sense of pride in the school board for being "daring school and in learning. to try," he said, "You're-makin- g Classroom visits were next on a profound difference." the agenda, where he heard a stuLater Leavitt went into the audi- dent report on color blindness, and torium to ask questions and get then it was back to the media center leadership will lead out in making changes in the basic delivery system of eduction in Utah. "I hope you become a Centennial School," Leavitt told the assemen-oug- ht Utah principal finds success a phone call away OGDEN (AP) - An Ogden school principal has turned to a common tool of the present and combined it with new technology to provide a possible future means for improving children's school-wor- k. It's the telephone. "1 think every school in the country will have this in five years." said Reed Spencer, principal of C.H. Taylor Elementary School "It ' s an amazing device ' One grade reported an immediate improvement in preparedness. Ninety-thre- e percent of parents who use it say their children's homework is. more complete, while 91 percent say their children's grades have improved. "Parents can't say my kid is six weeks behind and I didn't know' about it," Spencer said. "I haven't " . . had any of those this dren's schoolwork, what's due, when it's due and what each class The "Parent Link Telephone Audio Bulletin Board System" at C.H. Taylor is unique in northern Utah and is one of only two such systems at work in schools in Utah, Spencer said. He put together the money from his school fund, the PTA and with help from the Ogden City Schools Foundation and bought it last August. is working on that day and the next. Parents also can leave messages for teachers and get automatic calls back. Children can check anytime on the week's lunch menu. Pupils often call before school starts in the morning to check on what assignments are due that day. "I had 160 calls yesterday," Spencer said recently. In all, the school has received nearly 10,000 calls since the sys Other functions in the system allow the principal to make one phone call and leave a message for every parent in the school. CELEBRATE COME Shumway said student outcomes of working with self-estee- oth- ers, and loving to learn are more important that content. He believes "content will come" if students are prepared for it by learning critical thinking skills. The new reforms began last fall, but achievement test scores at the high school have risen 15 percent in the past three years. student captures top prize in area competition BYU tem was installed at the beginning of the school year. They call to get messages or to leave messages in the middle of the night. As of Jan. 21 , the school had logged 246 calls between midnight and 6 a.m. year." And everybody knows what's for school lunch. The trick: A sophisticated telephone system that allows parents to call 24 hours a day and get messages on their chil- North Sevier's reforms. to hear a presentation by principal Larry Shumway who explained the philosophy and background of the restructuring at North Sevier. Reforming schools requires the willingness to take risks, Shumway said, "and change is painful, but if it isn't painful, the things that need to be changed aren't changing." Transforming the teaching profession, learning activities, student outcomes, and the organization of the school are at the heart of A Brigham PROVO Young University student was awarded first place in the student paper competition at the WESCON, Harris won a competition in Salt Lake City in May involving students throughout Utah and Montana. The winners of these earlier covering Alascompetitions ka, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washall parington and Wyoming ticipated. recent Western Electronic Show and Convention in Anaheim, Calif. Logan Harris, a senior in electrical and computer engineering, presented his paper, "The Simulation of a Full Technology," at the annual convention as part of a contest sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Before the presentation at OUR 1 2 5 T The IEEE paid for Harris' travel expenses to Anaheim, and he received a Hewlett-Packar- d 48SX calculator in addition to a $150 cash award for his paper. YEAR H I deadlines now becoming critical SUU CEDAR CITY - The easygo- ing days of Southern Utah Univer-it- y rentstudents "popping in" few before a an days ing apartment i lasses begin, then showing up at the registrar's office to apply for are over, said Dale admission of admissions at director Oiton, SUU. Lack of funding for the evergrowing number of Utah students seeking higher education has loiced enrollment limitations on all four of the state's public universities. As a result, application deadlines have been moved up and aie already being strictly enforced, Orion said. Students who applied late for winter quarter were referred to another quarter, he noted. The deadline to apply for spring quarter is March 1, Orton said. To apply for fall quarter admission, the deadline is July 1. The same deadlines are also in effect at other universities in the state, he explained. To meet the deadlines, students need to plan early and complete their admission applications. SUU's total enrollment last fall hit the 4,500 mark. In 1982, fall quarter enrollment was only about 2,200. SUU continues to be the fastest growing university in the state. L3 Sofasloveseats Dining room furniture Bedroom furniture Recliners Oriental rugs Mattressesbox springs Major appliances TVsstereos Cameras assessment offers test service Projection televisions Portable electronics Utah Valley CommuOREM nity College's assessment center has received permission to offer Skills Tests the (PPST). The PPST, consisting of reading, writing and math, are required by some colleges and u diversities for individuals entering leacher uaining program. In some states individuals must take the tests to be certified, while in other states individuals must take the tests before enrolling in upper division classes. 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